Niles West News Receives Honorable Mention in Story of the Year Contest

Niles West High School junior Ena Sarancic received an Honorable Mention in the National Scholastic Press Association’s (NSPA) Story of the Year contest, announced during the Journalism Education Association /NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention held November 16 in Boston, MA. Sarancic’s article “Ruhi Qurashi: The Passionate Muslim Gymnast” was honored in the Diversity category.

During the convention, Sarancic also received an Honorable Mention in the Journalism Education Association Write-Off contest for feature writing.

Niles West News Adviser Evelyn Lauer attended the conference on a Robert R. McCormick Foundation grant. She presented four sessions on news literacy at the conference as well as two other sessions on social media and mobile journalism.